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雅 yǎ

elegant, graceful, refined

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 6
Radical
隹
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 牙隹 ⿰牙隹

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  1. 她说话总是很文雅。
    Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì hěn wényǎ.
    She always speaks elegantly.
    she speak always very refined
  2. 你觉得这幅字写得雅不雅致？
    Nǐ juéde zhè fú zì xiě de yǎ bu yǎzhì?
    Do you think this calligraphy is elegant?
    you think this (measure) calligraphy write (particle) elegant not elegant (question)
  3. 我们说话应该文雅一些。
    Wǒmen shuōhuà yīnggāi wényǎ yìxiē.
    We should speak a bit more elegantly.
    we speak should refined a-bit
  4. 他的举止一点也不文雅。
    Tā de jǔzhǐ yìdiǎn yě bù wényǎ.
    His manners aren't elegant at all.
    his (particle) manner a-bit also not refined
  5. 在正式场合，她的谈吐总是十分文雅。
    Zài zhèngshì chǎnghé, tā de tántǔ zǒngshì shífēn wényǎ.
    On formal occasions, her manner of speaking is always very refined.
    at formal occasion, her (particle) speech always very refined

Words with 雅 (1)